Machine for treating manila hemp.



No. 352,410. PATENTS]? MAY 7, 1907.

momma FOR TREATING MANILA HEMP.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 6,1905.

Q U; Memes EUGENE E. BARTflN, OF CAGAYAN; PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

MACHHNE FOR 'l'FlEATiNG MANILA HEMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed June 6, 1905. Serial No: 264,029.

I '0 (b/[ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EUGENE E. BARTON, a citizen of the United States, atpresent residing in the Philippine Islands, at Cagayan de Misamis, andwhose post-oflice address is. care of D. L. Barton, 804 H street northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, hdve invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Treating Manila Hemp. of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for treating hempsnd is especiallydesigned for separating the fiber from the pulp or other undesirableparts of the Manila hemp or abaca plant.

The object of the invention is a device which will automatically bearupon the strip of hemp drawn through the machine and which will strip orseparate the fiber from the pulp.

The invention consists of a suitable block, and a pivoted frame having adull blade adapted to be forced toward the block when a strip of hemp isdrawn between the blade and block.

The invention a so consists of the novel features hereinafter set forth,pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a transversesection, the mth of the hemp strip being shown in dotted lines, and thepivotedfrarne being shown in full lines when in use and in dotted lineswhen not in use. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the bladecarrying the frame detached from the machine.

In. these drawings, A represents a suitable worl: table or bench uponwhich is mounted illl'llpllgllt standardB, having a tapering arm. Bextendin lateral! therefrom and substantially parallel with the frontedge of f the table. The smaller end of the arm B is curved downwardlyas shown at B" and is then bent back upon itself forming a shaft B belowthe arm ll and parallel to a table A. A rectangular frame is formed ofside members (l, the said members being metal bars hanged at one end andperforated as shown at (3 adjacent the flanged end. To the llangcs isconnected a dull blade or block l) and the opposite ends of the bars (1are connected by a rotatable roller F. The frame composed of the bars(1, blade D and roller F is pivotally hung, or mounted upon the shaft Ethe said shaft passing loosely through the perforations (1 in the barsC. A block of wood E, is placed upon the table A below and parallel tothe shaft B and has a projecting portion E extending beyond the I end ofthe shaft, which projectin portion has an upwardly inclined surface, theobject of which will be stated hereafter. To the rear of the standard Bis arranged an upri ht l bracket Gbil'urcated at its upper end and inwhich is journaled a shaft H having mounted therein a pulley H, and aroller H the said l roller extending above and substantially parallel tothe roller F.

The operation of the device is as follows: The strip of hemp plant isinserted between the blade D and the lock E, and this operation isfacilitated by :he tapering. or inclinatlon of the portion E of theblock which permits the ready insertion of the strip between the bladeand the-horizontal portion of the block. Normally, the frame, of whichthe blade D is a member, rests in the position shown in dotted linesinFig 2 by reason of Ehegrcater weight of the roller over the blade l),and the increased leverage obtain by said roller b reason of itsdistance from the pivotal points of the bar C. After the hemp the bladeD and the block E, the end is carried upwardly over the rollers F and Hand then forwardly across the tapering arm B. The hemp is then pulledtaut and as it will bear upwardly upon the under side of the roller 1,the roller end of the frame, will be lifted intothe position shown inFig. 2 and the blade will be forced downwardly intoen gagement with thehemp. A stri of hemp plant isthen drawn through the evice, the

venting all parts of the plant exec t'the fi )er, from assing betweenthe blai e and the block T and the fiber will thus be stripped free fromthe pulp.

tated in the saine direction as the direction of the pulley upon thehemp plant will aid, through frictlon, to draw the iemp strip betweenthe blade and block.

It will be obvious that a stop of any desired kind can be placed on thetable to limit the downward movement of the roller F and also that thelower ed c of the block I) which I have shown smooth, may be roughenedor sli htly serrated when desired.

llaving thus fully described my invention,

pressure of theblade 0 upon the same re- Power is applied to the pulleyH by means of a belt from any de+ sired source of power and the roller Hrof I strip has been'inserted in position between What I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S

1. A device of the kind desoribed -compris- 5 ing eblock, a shaft abovethe block, a frame 1 having its side members piv'otelly mounted upon theshaft, :1 blade formlngthe front l l l 1 l l l end and a roller at therear end, said frame 1 being pivoted adj aoent the blade, a rotatablethe frame, and a block arranged below the blade. I

3. A device of the kind described compris- -roller varranged above theroller carried by ing a bloolghaving one end portion upwardly inclined,a rectangular frame comprising side members, a blade forming the frontend mein- 1 bersend a rotatable roller forming the rear member saidframe being pivoted above the block, intermedi ate the blade and roller,s rotatable roller placed above the frame, and means for rotating thelost mentioned roller,

4. A device of the kind described comprising a pivoted frame, having itblade at one end and a; rotatable roller at the opposite end said framebeing pivotally mounted between its ends and adjacent the blade, theblock arranged below the blade, a bracket arranged adj aoent the frame,a slmtt cm'ried by said bracketend above and parallel to the rollercarried by the frame, the pulley on the shaft, and a roller carried bythe shalt, said roller being above and parallel to the roller cerriod bythe frame. v

EUGENE E. BARTON Witnesses;

LEWIS S. THOMAS, ERNEST B, BURKn'r

